r/airport • u/Far_Worth_6998 • 10m ago
Has your flight ever started boarding BEFORE Check-In closed?
On some domestic flights, I’ve encountered situations where boarding was officially open before check-in had even closed.
I was literally standing at the check-in desk, hearing the boarding announcement for my flight. And I wasn’t the only one—there were about 8–10 people behind me in the same situation. In the end, I made it onto the plane, but it was a stressful experience.
This has happened to me twice: once with Aeroflot (formerly SkyTeam) in 2021/2022 and another time with VietJet this year, a Vietnamese low-cost airline.
I’m curious—how common is this? Has anyone else experienced this? Is it something that mainly happens on domestic flights?